>>> WE ARE LIVE IN MIAMI IN THE
MIDDLE OF A TOWN HALL WITH
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE.
WE’VE GOT ANOTHER VOTER, ADAM
SUGAR VOTED FOR CLINTON IN 2016,
HE’S REGISTERED AS A DEMOCRAT
AND SAYS HE’S SUPPORTING BIDEN.
ADAM, TAKE IT AWAY.
>> THANK YOU.
FOUR YEARS AGO SENATE LEADERSHIP
SAID IT WAS INAPPROPRIATE TO
PUSH THROUGH A NOMINEE IN AN
ELECTION YEAR YET THEY FAST
TRACKED YOUR NOMINEE FOR THE
SUPREME COURT JUST TODAY.
THE QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU IS,
HOW DO YOU -- WHAT DO YOU SAY TO
THE VOTER THAT THINKS IT’S
HYPOCRITEICAL TO ACT IN THAT
MANNER AND THAT THEY CAN’T TRUST
REPUBLICANS’ WORD?
>> SO WHEN I WAS ELECTED AND
WHEN A PRESIDENT IS ELECTED,
THEY’RE ELECTED FOR A PERIOD OF
FOURS
FOUR YEARS.
JUSTICE GINSBURG SAID IT BEST, I
THINK TALKING ABOUT PRESIDENT
OBAMA, HAVING TO DO WITH
SOMEBODY ELSE, THAT THE
PRESIDENT IS PUT THERE FOR FOUR
YEARS, NOT FOR THREE YEARS.
SO DURING THIS FOURTH YEAR IT
HAPPENED TO COME UP,
UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE I HAD
GREAT RESPECT FOR JUSTICE
GINSBURG, BUT A VACANCY HAPPENED
TO COME UP, AND WE PICKED
SOMEBODY THAT’S OUTSTANDING.
SHE HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTE STAR.
AND I’M EXTREMELY PROUD OF IT.
BUT AGAIN, PLENTY OF TIME.
I MEAN, THERE’S PLENTY OF TIME.
WE’RE GOING TO DO IT BEFORE THE
ELECTION BUT WE ALSO HAVE MUCH
TIME AFTER THE ELECTION BUT
THERE’S NO REASON TO WAIT
BECAUSE IT’S ALMOST UNANIMOUS,
IT SEEMS TO ME, CERTAINLY WITHIN
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND FRANKLY
MOST OF THE DEMOCRATS WITHIN
CLOSED ROOMS, I GUARANTEE YOU
THAT.
THIS IS AN OUTSTANDING PERSON.
I’M USING MY FOURTH TERM.
AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT IT,
IF YOU PUT THE SHOE ON THE OTHER
FOOT, IF THEY HAD THIS, THEY
WOULD DO IT 100%.
SO THERE’S BEEN 29 TIMES WHEN
THIS HAS HAPPENED, ALL 29 TIMES
A PRESIDENT HAS DONE EXACTLY
WHAT I’VE DONE.
>> CAN I JUST -- THE VOTER’S
POINT, I’LL SAY, IN 2016, YOU
ARE ON ANOTHER MORNING SHOW AND
YOU WERE ASKED WHETHER PRESIDENT
OBAMA SHOULD NOMINATE A SUPREME
COURT JUSTICE, MERRICK GARLAND,
AND YOU SAID I THINK THE SENATE
SHOULD WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT
PRESIDENT AND LET THE NEXT
PRESIDENT PICK.
THAT WAS EIGHT MONTHS BEFORE THE
ELECTION.
THIS IS THREE WEEKS BEFORE THE
ELECTION.
SO YOU HAVE CHANGED YOUR
POSITION.
>> I HAVE A LOT OF PRESIDENT FOR
JUDGE GARLAND, I’LL TELL YOU
THAT.
THE WHOLE BALL GAME CHANGED WHEN
I SAW THE WAY THEY TREATED
JUSTICE KAVANAUGH.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANY HUMAN
BEING, AND I’M NOT JUST TALKING
ABOUT SUPREME COURT, I HAVE
NEVER SEEN A HUMAN BEING TREATED
SO BADLY WITH FALSE ACCUSATIONS
AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE
IT AND YOU KNOW WHAT, THE TRUTH
IS, SAVANNAH, LIKE IT OR NOT,
THE BALL GAME CHANGED A LOT.
THIS HAS NEVER BEEN ANYBODY
TREATED SO BADLY AS NOW JUSTICE
KAVANAUGH.
>> YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU WOULD
LIKE TO SEE AMY CONEY BARRETT
CONFIRMED TO THE SUPREME COURT
IN CASE ANY CHALLENGES COME UP
IN CONNECTION WITH THE ELECTION.
DO YOU EXPECT HER TO RULE FOR
YOU?
>> I THINK SHE’LL HAVE TO MAKE
THAT DECISION.
I DON’T THINK SHE HAS ANY
CONFLICT AT ALL.
YOU KNOW, A SUPREME COURT JUDGE
DOES NOT HAVE -- THEY CAN MAKE
THEIR OWN DECISION.
UH, THE -- AND THEY ACTUALLY
HAVE ADDITIONAL POWER TO MAKE
THAT DECISION.
UH, IT WOULD BE TOTALLY UP TO
HER.
I WOULD THINK THAT SHE WOULD BE
ABLE TO RULE EITHER FOR ME OR
AGAINST ME.
I DON’T SEE ANY CONFLICT
WHATSOEVER.
WE HAVE AN ELECTION COMING UP.
I THINK IT’S THE MOST IMPORTANT
ELECTION IN THE HISTORY OF OUR
COUNTRY.
IF THERE’S ANY CHANCE, IT
PROBABLY WON’T, I HOPE IT NEVER
GETS TO THE SUPREME COURT, BUT
IF IT DID, I WOULD THINK SHE
WOULD RULE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
I WOULD THINK SO.
>> DO YOU THINK SHE’LL RULE FOR
YOU?
OF COURSE SHE’LL RULE ONE WAY OR
THE OTHER.
>> BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I NEVER
ASKED HER ABOUT IT, I NEVER
TALKED ABOUT IT, I NEVER TALKED
ABOUT THE OBVIOUS THINGS PEOPLE
IN MY POSITION MIGHT.
BUT IN SPEAKING TO A LOT OF
BRILLIANT PEOPLE AND PEOPLE WHO
DO THIS FOR A LIVING, THEY SAY
IT’S BETTER NOT TO TALK.
SO I TALKED TO HER ABOUT LIFE.
I TALKED TO HER ABOUT THE FACT,
WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO THIS, ARE
YOU WILLING TO DO THIS.
BECAUSE IT’S A TREMENDOUS
BURDEN.